Class #3 - 1/22/08

There seemed to be some moderate confusion over what is required in this class. The minimum homework requirements are to keep up with the reading and to complete the one page journal entry for each part of the book by the stated deadlines. Class time will be spent reviewing the reading and your journal entries, and include some of the other activities in the study guide. Meeting this minimum will earn you .25 credit in Social Studies. And please note that these assignments are due, on average, every other week.

IF you want to do additional work, I suggested you complete 2 of the 5 essay questions provided in the study guide for each chapter. Writing these essays is completely optional and therefore has no due date, although I encourage you to do this on pace with your reading. If you complete this work you will earn .25 credit in English.

Hopefully, that is clear now. :)

Regarding our discussion, I encourage you to learn even more about Anderson Sa. You may be interested in looking for the movie Favela Rising. I don't know much about it myself so if any of you take the time to get it and watch it, please let the rest of us know.

Summary of Homework Due on 2/5:
- Read the 4 chapters in Part Two of the book and complete the journal entry. This work must be done prior to the start of class.